QuestionHi Christopher I am having a pig of a problem with very cold mornings riding to work, my Suzuki Bandit GSF 600 (1998), after been riding for 5 to 10 minutes the engine will star to feel like you are on 3 cylinders on low speed and low revs, if I increase the speed the engine will pick up, but as I come to crossroads or traffic lights the engine will die on me.
To stop this happening I need to stop and pull the kill switch wait for 1 minute and then the bike will go all day without a problem.
I have heard about icing on the carburetor, I have check and the heaters on the four carburetor and two of the four do not get hot, and maybe this is the problem but I have discovered in the wiring diagram from Haynes that there is something call carburetor thermo switch and I wonder if you could tell me what it is for and how operates, or better still tell me what do I need to do, any help much appreciated.
Thank you
AnswerHi Jose.
To be honest, I have never heard of a carb thermo switch. However it seems to me that if you have carb heaters and one or more are not working, then the bike needs to be checked.
Start by checking to see if there are any shorts in the heater circuit and then in the heaters. The test proceedures for the components will be in the manual. Then check your carb thermo switch. My guess is that that switch activates the carb heaters when the weather is cold. It could have come loose and is in a bad location, thus giving a false temp to the heaters or it could be bad.
Either way, the heaters are not working as advertised and the problem must be resolved in order to prevent continued problems of this nature.
Good luck and ride safe.
FALCON
